"What are you talking about?" Fans from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are shocked by Ali Aliyev's words

Among the Central Asian countries, Uzbekistan is on the verge of successfully completing the third stage of the regional qualifying tournament for the 2026 World Cup. Our players are highly rated in their chances of qualifying for the World Cup with two matches to go.

The Kazakhstan national team has just begun its journey to North America. Our neighbors played their first two matches away, losing to Wales 1:3 and beating Liechtenstein 2:0.

After the victorious match, Ali Aliyev, the head coach of the Kazakhstan national team, praised the success of the players from Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, saying that if Kazakhstan had played in Asia, it would have easily qualified for the World Cup.

Aliyev's statement caused a stir among Uzbek and Kazakh fans. The sports.kz website, which covers Kazakh football, reported on the fans' reactions to the head coach's opinion on social media. Get to know them:

"South Korea, Qatar, Japan, Uzbekistan and Saudi Arabia are better than us."

"What kind of stories are you telling us, Aliyev?"

"Kazakhstan should not have moved to the European part, it should have stayed in the Asian part"

“Just because we barely beat Liechtenstein, a team made up of security guards and taxi drivers, doesn’t mean we’ll definitely qualify for the World Cup from Asia. We might not qualify for the World Cup from Antarctica either. Because we’ll lose to the penguins. They have four legionnaires playing, we say.”

“Fizruk, look at the world rankings!”

“North Korea – Kazakhstan 2:0”.

“Let the Uzbek brothers answer this question”.

“Uzbekistan is one head ahead of our national team!”

“History goes back to the saying, ‘If Messi were Kazakh,’”

“If we played in the Oceania region, we would definitely qualify for the World Cup.”

“My dear, Asian football has been at its peak for a long time!”

"What are you talking about? You barely beat Liechtenstein."

“The Kyrgyz are good, the Uzbeks are showing their level in Europe too.”

“In Asia, there are Japan, South Korea, Iran, Uzbekistan, Qatar. Now football is developing rapidly in Kyrgyzstan too. There is no football in Kazakhstan. Kyrgyzstan will win easily too.”

“Uzbekistan showed Kazakhstan who is stronger in the last match.”

"If Uzbekistan qualifies for the World Cup, some Kazakhstani experts will say it's just a coincidence. If Uzbekistan makes a big impact at the World Cup, those same experts will say they just got lucky. And if they qualify again, they'll say, 'Well, sometimes that happens.' Instead of talking, focus on improving your football and work harder."

"Has he lost his mind? Once, Satpayev said Husonov was a level above the rest. Now he says qualifying for the World Cup from Asia was easy. Is this euphoria after beating Liechtenstein? First, let Uzbekistan defeat North Korea, who finished last in their qualifying group, and then speak out loud!"

“He feels like he beat the Netherlands or Portugal.”

“Be a little calmer, our national team lost to North Korea 0:2, North Korea lost to all its opponents in its group. Based on that, know your level!”

We remind you that the national teams of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have met seven times. In the first meeting between the players of the two neighboring countries, the Kazakhs came out on top. In the remaining six meetings, the Uzbeks won three and drew three. Follow “Zamin” news on “Telegram”